Book Quote by George Meyer

“That is why all romantics are anti-Voltairean, even Michelet, whose political fervor ought to have made him stand aligned with Voltaire; and that is…

— Voltaire

I think the best comedy enlightens, informs, and changes the way people look at the world.

— Adam Conover

Shakespeare has done far more for the world than the Bible.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

People say the comedy is so shocking, but if you read newspapers or look around generally - I mean, obviously I'm not writing about…

— Julia Davis

Anything that brings people to see Shakespeare is fine by me. He's the great humanist.

— Ray Fearon

The world is a great volume, and man the index of that book; even in the body of man, you may turn to the…

— John Donne

I'm going to be criticized by lots of "scholars," but I think Shakespeare's best comedy often appears in his tragedies, actually. Not necessarily in…

— Chukwudi Iwuji

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.

— Charles Darwin

“Since the time of Voltaire and two-chamber Government, which is at bottom simply distrust and personal self-examination, and gives the popular mind that bad…

— Stendhal

Shakespeare is rich and beautiful, and it can be an amazing experience to read and to watch and to work on.

— Campbell Scott

I like Shakespeare, but I never know what the hell is going on.

— Tracy Letts

Fictional comedy tells us that the writer is remarkable. Factual comedy tells us that the world is remarkable. I suppose I prefer to live…

— Dave Gorman